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J. P. CHAMPION.

Horse Stock.

Patented Nov. 5, i867.

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J. P. CHAMPION, OF PHELPS, NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 70,523, dated November 5, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR RAISING AND SECURING THE LEGS OI HORSES TOSHOE THEM. f'

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY ooncsam Be it known that I, J'. P. CHAMPION, ofPhelps, in the .county of Ontario, and State of NewYork, have invented anew and improved Apparatus for Raising and Securing the Legs of Horsesto Shoe them; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable thoseskilled inthe art to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is aside view of. my improved apparatus for raising and securing the legs ofhorses to shoe them F'gure 2 is a detached view of a modified form ofloop-strap for the purpose.

Figure 3' is a detached view of another modified form of a slip-noosestrap for the same purpose.

Similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts. 7

The object. of this invention is to raise and secure the leg of a horsein order to shoe or otherwischandle him safely with impunity; and itconsists of an apparatus, formed of straps and levers attached to aframe, so arranged that ahorse may be kept in positionand have one legat a time lifted fronrthe ground and held in a bent position securely.

AA represent few posts, so,placed in corners relatively to each other asto form an oblong frame for enclosing the horse by meansof straps arunning from post to post at the sides, as shown in the drawing, Nearthe upper part of each post is attached a lever, 12, to a stud or shortpost, B, on the side rail C, on the end of which is fastened a strap orcord, 0, and on the other end a strap, d, to which is buckled anotherlong strap, 01', which may be lengthened or shortened, as required.The-strap d is passed once around either leg of a horse, above the knee,and once around below the knee, as shown in the drawing, and the end ofthe strap is then fastened to itself by booking into the part above theknee. To raise the leg, the lever b is drawn down by the strap 0, andwhen raised to the proper height the leg is secured by fastening thestrap 0 to a pin at the side of the post. 1 Instead of the strap d aloop, shown by fig. 2, or a slip-noose, shown by fig. 3, may be placedaround the leg of the horse, and the loop or slip-noose beingattached tothe strap 12 on the lever, the leg may be lifted and secured by eitherof them. V

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The apparatus for raising and securing the'legs of horses to shoe themsafely, arranged and applied as herein shown'and described.

' J. P. CHAMPION.

Witnesses:

JOHN T. Gmronn, J'osntm W. Tnonrson.

